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A Restauration inkwell

A Restauration inkwell.  Galerie Atena Antiquités
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Published since: January 5, 2010
Last update: October 13, 2011
A gilt bronze and burr-walnut veneering circular inkstand with four cups and four pen-holders. Resting on a circular gilt bronze base, it is decorated with three different foliage crowns and two dolphins overcoming a little central drawer.
The archives and their inventories are sources of information attesting to the importance of the role and of the position held by the writing cases and the ink : they are symbols of wealth, power and knowledge through the use of writing. As long as their use was unavoidable, they were used as gifts on many occasions. Many were received from the greatest of this world : kings and queens, emperors and empresses, princes and nobles…
As time goes by, from the extension to the acquisition of the writing knowledge, the inkstand, tool remaining simple and foremost usual, was overtaken by the art and some of them obtained the status of works of art and recognized as masterpieces.

Bibliography:F. Podevin-Bauduin, Encriers et écritoires, ed. Pierron, Paris, 2003
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Galerie Atena AntiquitésGalerie Atena Antiquités
Le Louvre des Antiquaires, 2 Place du Palais Royal
75001 Paris - France
www.artquid.com/galerie-atena-antiquites
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Description

HeaderAntique objects of art
TypeInk, pencil
StyleRestauration
PeriodXIXth c
Height 21 cm
8.3 in
Width 20 cm
7.9 in
Length 20 cm
7.9 in